The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-17
THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE
1t Is Against Lawlessness by Liquor
Sellers and Must Be Strictly 0beyed.
Superintendent Travis Again Instructs the
Police to Give Particular Attention to the
Saloons on Sunday-Several Arrests.

The saloon keepers of Indianapolis, who per-
sisteuty try to violate the law looked yesterday
like they tired of life. An East Washing
/ ton-street saloon proprietor leaned against q
lamp post in front of his place of business yes
terday afternoon, and entertained crowd Of
thirsty individuals by condemning the people for
re-electing Mayor Denny and thereby, as he ex-
| pressed it, building a permanent fence around
| the town"
II am going to sell out as can get q
| buyer" said he. 'There is money here for
me. am going to some town where things are
run wide open, and where a man sell some
thing. The people here are getting crankier
every day. and, il they keep on, half the saloons
in town will have to close up before another
year had customers year ago who spent
the entire day Sunday in my place, and all
left money. Now don't anything of them.
They say the sentiment against saloons is get
ting too strong for them to come around, and they
stay away"
Yesterday morning at rol-calI Superintendent
Travis gave the patrolmen brief talk, in which
he reiterated what he had said when he was
made Observation-Disclosures the saloons had to
be kept closed on Sunday, aud that each patrol
man would be held responsible for violations of
the law in his district. 'The will of the citi-
zens. expressed at the election, is that the
saloon keepers shall obey the law" said he. land
propose to see that they are not disappointed.
You will be expected to pay particular attention
to them, and every means to catch every
man who does violate the law"
The saloon-keepers seemed to understand the
verdict Of the people, and three fourths Of them
remained away from their places of business all
day. Twenty-Five thirty who do business on
Washington and Illinois streets resorted to their
old method Of selling the sly, and were, in
measure, successful Those Illinois street
gave the officers most trouble. They worked
the side-door. the alarm bell, and some OF them
had as high as three sentinels out on the watch
tention. While they did some bust ness on the
sly, they did not find it profitable. Having
shown disposition to sell in spite of The police,
they will receive special attention after this.
Quite q mum Der of propretors have been in the
habit of scrubbing their places on Sunday
morning as a pretext for keeping open. The
last few Sundays several have not finished their
scrubbing until after noon. AS it was apparent
that the work was being done for blind, the
officers were instructed TO watch such persons.
Ben Jerad, North Delaware street, opened
his doors early yesterday morning for his usual
Sunday work, and was soon afterward ordered
by Superintendent Travis to close He didn't
do it, and when the Superintendent returned a
few hours later he arrested H. p. Hill, the bar
tender. for desecrating the Sabbath. and James
Mahoney for lettering. Mahoney was the SEN
tinel. whose duty it was, the police think, to
stand on the outside and solicit custom while
the scrubbing was going
liz the afternoon John Enkleton, the bartend-
er, at No. 299 East Washington street, admitted
q thirsty crowd of young men. and was just
setting out the beer when patrolrnen Brady and
Hostetter came in and placed him under arrest
About the same time William Knurr,
South Meridian street, attempted to do some
business by way of his back door. but patrolman
joyce was on hand and took him in charge. The
arrests seemed to unnerve the would be violators
in general and there were more chances for
arrests during the day.
All the saloon keepers in the city cannot be
classed among tn law breakers. Perhaps one
third of them obey the law to the letter and have
sympathy with those who continually attempt
to violate it. Said West Washngton-street
saloon keeper to a Journal reporter the other
day: so far as am concerned l am glad the
law and order party was successful. l voted for
Edenharter, but did it because / am Demo
crat, and not because have any sympathy with
the cause he represented am in favor of the
saloons closing at IL o'clock through the week,
am keeping closed Sunday. l should like to
see them all compelled to do it. The trouble is,
if few are allowed to do business in violation
of the law the rest of us are compelled to do so
or lose money. The law is making.
and if the saloon people would only see it. they
are digging their own grave by the policy they
are pursuing"